Date of publication:
01/08/2026
Tajikistan
Do domestic laws and policies provide forcibly displaced and stateless persons the right to freely choose their place of residence?
Assessment by population
Analysis
This right is restricted in the Republic of Tajikistan in accordance with Government Resolution No. 325, which establishes a list of 31 cities and large settlements where the residence of individuals seeking asylum and refugees is prohibited. Thus, this Resolution clearly limits the right of these individuals to freely choose their place of residence, justifying this limitation by the need to ensure security and public order.
Related provisions of domestic law or policy
Decree No.325 of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on the list of settlements in which asylum-seekers and refugees are not allowed to reside temporarily in the Republic of Tajikistan
- Year: 2000
- Type: Domestic law
- Rights Category: Asylum, Education, Freedom of movement, Work & Workplace rights
- Link to external source: https://www.refworld.org/node/18070
Legal provision
Articles 1-2
With a view to ensure security and public order in settlements of the Republic of Tajikistan, in accordance with Article 7 of the Tajik Law “On refugees” and Article 19 of the Tajik Law “On the legal status of foreign citizens in Tajikistan”, the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan orders: 1. To approve the attached list of Tajik settlements where temporary residence of asylum-seekers and refugees is prohibited. 2. Ministries, entities and local authorities (Hukumats) shall take appropriate measures on settling asylum-seekers and refugees for temporary residence upon submission of the State Migration Service at the Ministry of Labour and Population Occupation of Tajikistan in the established manner. List of settlements in the Republic of Tajikistan where temporary residence of asylum-seekers and refugees is prohibited Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, Dushanbe, Tursunzade, Rogun, Kofarnihon, Kurgan-Tyube, Sarband, Kulob, Nurek, Khujand, Chkalov, Kairokkum, Taboshar, Kanibadam, Isfara, Varzob, Faizabad, Darband, Gharm, Tajikabad, Tavildara, Jirgital, Pyanj, Kumsangir, Farkhor, Moskovskiy, Shurabad, Shartuz, Kabadian, Jilikul, Yavan. List of settlements of Tajikistan, permitted for temporary residence of asylum-seekers and refugees. Lenin, Hissor, Shahrinav, Khojamaston, Danghara, Khovaling, Moominobod, Vakhsh, Kolkhozobod, Jilikul, Sovetskiy, Vose, Baljoovon, Ghozimalik, Bokhtar, Uro-teppa, Proletar, Ghonchi, Qistaquz, Ayni, Shahriston, Panjakent, Zafarobod, Asht, Jabbor Rasoolov, Ghafoorov, Masthchoh districts.